| 释义 |
give someone up1Deliver a wanted person to authority: a voice told him to come out and give himself up...- James decides to give himself up and is brought before the court system.
- Police had been trying for two days to persuade Carl Roland to give himself up.
- Only the next morning, with armed troops surrounding the palace of justice, did the two give themselves up.
2Stop hoping that someone is still going to arrive: oh, it’s you—we’d almost given you up...- I was about to give you up and go to bed.
- Mrs General complained of a headache, and of being fatigued; and so, when we gave you up, she went to bed, dear.
- Thank God you're O.K. - we'd given you up.
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